Sinister: 3...6...9 seconds of light

[Mark Iles]

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>Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 08:31:04 -0000
>From: "jon g." <jon.g at xxx.com>
>Subject: Re: Sinister: 3...6...9 seconds of light
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>- -----Original Message-----
>From: Katrina Shepherd <alkl6163 at xxx.ae>
>To: sinister at majordomo.net <sinister at majordomo.net>
>Date: 25 March 1998 23:28
>Subject: Sinister: 3...6...9 seconds of light
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>>can anyone tell me what 'le pastie de la bourgeoisie' means? i've tried to
>>look it up but i still have absolutly no idea please help me! it's so
>annoying!
>> love katrina
>>

>Katie, dear, it literally means the 'Pastie' (an alcoholic beverage popular
>in France) of the upper-middle-class, but it really means just like, well,
>you know, the upper class scum stuff type thing.
>

Are you sure? I was under the impression that it was supposed to be a
mishearing of "L'apathie de la bourgeoisie" meaning "The apathy of the
middle classes". Anyone else?


                                Mark


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Mark Iles,                              Tel: +44 (0113) 2065042
Imperial Cancer Research Fund,          Fax: +44 (0113) 2340183
Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory,
Ashley Wing,                            Email: iles at boreas.leeds.icnet.uk
St James's University Hospital,
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Leeds,
LS9 7TF
U.K.
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